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Physical, chemical, and biological consequences of episodic aluminum additions to a stream 1
Author(s) -
Hall Ronald J.,
Driscoll Charles T.,
Likens Gene E.,
Pratt J. Michael
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1985.30.1.0212
Subject(s) - snowmelt , surface tension , environmental chemistry , surface water , chemistry , aluminium , environmental science , ecology , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , biology , surface runoff , quantum mechanics , physics
AlCl 3 was added to a second‐orderroborated field results, added Al producing a 20% reduction in surface tension. We suggest that added Al may have associated with organic functional groups, rendering DOC more hydrophobic and less soluble. Some of these alumino‐organic substances subsequently may have accumulated at the air‐water interface. Terrestrial and aquatic invertebrate drift was also altered with elevated Al; we attribute drift to responses to chemical changes in the stream such as Al and H + toxicity or to a physical change in surface film. stream to simulate episodic increases in Al concentration during acidic snowmelt. Significant decreases in pH and DOC and accumulation of foam at the surface (visible evidence of reduced surface tension) accompanied a stepwise increase in Al in the water. Laboratory experiments cor